Harpactea saeva (Herman, 1879)
Description
Male
Prosoma yellowish red, suffused with dark grey. Coxa IV with 1-2 spines. Femur I with 2-3 and femur II with 3-4 spines.
Body length male: 6-8 mmFemale
Prosoma yellowish red, 2.3-2.6 mm long. Legs: femur I with 2 or 3 spines, femur II with 3 or 4 spines, coxa IV with one or 2 spines.
Body length female: 6-8 mmAdditional information
In litter layer preferably of oak forests.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Loksa 1969)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva
(Loksa 1969)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
Fedoriak M, Zhukovets E (2011) Spiders of Chernivtsi city (Ukraine): a comparison actual species composition and species recorded by A. Roşsa (1930-1938). Biodiversitatea şi Managementul Insectelor din România. Simpozion (Suceava, 24-25 septembrie 2010). Suceava, Editura Universitâtii “Ştefan cel Mare”, pp. 157-169.
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
Geci D, Naumova M (2021b) A preliminary checklist of the spiders of Kosovo (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologia Balkanica, Special Edition 4: 11-28
Heimer S, Nentwig W (1991) Spinnen Mitteleuropas. Paul Parey Berlin
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Loksa I (1969) Pokok I-Araneae I. Fauna Hungariae 97: 1-133
Naumova M, Lazarov S, Deltshev C (2019a) Faunistic diversity of the spiders in Montenegro (Arachnida: Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 22: 50-89
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Stanković B (2023) Diversity of spider fauna in the area of Jagodina (Serbia). In: Seydoşoğlu, S. & Durna Aydin, Ö (eds.) International Cukurova Agriculture and Veterinary Congress 4. Adana, pp. 590-615
Van Keer J, Van Keer K, De Koninck H, Ramel G (2010) The arachnofauna (Araneae) of wetland Kerkini (Macedonia-Northern Central Greece). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 62: 141-160
Vasiliev A I, Mikhailov K G (2023) Annotated checklist of spiders (Araneae) of the Republic of Moldova. Invertebrate Zoology 20: 307-342
Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2